Six in 10 American voters support the new ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States unless they can show they have a close relative here, according to opinion poll results.

Prime Minister Theresa May's lead in the polls has fallen to 5 percentage points, a new low less than two weeks ahead of a June 8 election, but her personal rating recovered slightly since the Manchester suicide bombing.

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon denounced a scandal engulfing his campaign as a plot by Socialists, asking backers to stay loyal despite an opinion poll showing he had lost his status as favourite.